disneyholic family
disney on my mind....
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2002
so i've started making reservations for my trip in October.
you would think i would get sticker shock from the international segments of my trip, but no, the domestic segments had me searching the house for oxygen.
I have to fly from JFK to Orlando and then from Detroit to JFK (i already have the MCO - Detroit segment, as i'm traveling with others, who've already purchased that segment).
From JFK to Orlando, the cheapest non-stop one way fare is $101 (Delta).
From Detroit to JFK the cheapest non-stop one way fare is $647 (Delta)
You read that right - $647 to fly one way from detroit to JFK. And this is for the beginning of November.
Why the extreme difference in fares?
one word - competition.
Jet Blue also flies from JFK to MCO (their one way fare that day is $138 - so delta is lowballing).
But from detroit to JFK, the only non-stop available is with Delta (who could have predicted i would be longing for the return of northworst).
So with no competition on the Detroit-JFK route, you're stuck paying through the nose (and a few other parts of the body).
It's obscene!!
you would think i would get sticker shock from the international segments of my trip, but no, the domestic segments had me searching the house for oxygen.
I have to fly from JFK to Orlando and then from Detroit to JFK (i already have the MCO - Detroit segment, as i'm traveling with others, who've already purchased that segment).
From JFK to Orlando, the cheapest non-stop one way fare is $101 (Delta).
From Detroit to JFK the cheapest non-stop one way fare is $647 (Delta)
You read that right - $647 to fly one way from detroit to JFK. And this is for the beginning of November.
Why the extreme difference in fares?
one word - competition.
Jet Blue also flies from JFK to MCO (their one way fare that day is $138 - so delta is lowballing).
But from detroit to JFK, the only non-stop available is with Delta (who could have predicted i would be longing for the return of northworst).
So with no competition on the Detroit-JFK route, you're stuck paying through the nose (and a few other parts of the body).
It's obscene!!